Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken

Chicken breasts slow-cooked in salsa with black olives, red onions and pickled jalapeno until it’s so tender you can shred it easily with a fork. It’s then mixed with cheese and stuffed into taco shells or made into rice bowls you can garnish with all your favorite Tex-Mex toppings like sour cream, avocado and lettuce.

I love all those toppings but the truth is it doesn’t even need them. So flavorful, you will be just as happy eating it over some rice. As is. It’s also great for soft tacos, burritos, enchiladas or quesadillas. You can even make nachos with it.

This really is one of those crock-pot meals that doesn’t take a lot of prep. It’s fuss-free and easy. There’s no meat to brown or vegetables to sauté. Just a bit of chopping and everything goes into the pot where you can forget about it for a couple of hours while magic happens.

This dish is entirely dependent on the salsa. You have to use one you love. One that won’t let you down. One with lots of flavor.

You can spice this up as much or as little as you like with pickled or fresh jalapenos, a chipotle pepper, red pepper flakes or by using a spicy hot salsa. If you do use a salsa that’s on the hot side you can leave out the jalapenos.

Chicken breasts slow-cooked in salsa with black olives, red onions and pickled jalapenos until it's so tender you can easily shred it with a fork. You can use it for tacos, rice bowls, enchiladas, burritos, quesadillas and nachos.